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Cleveland approves $2.5 million for RFID recycling bins, a hopefully rare fine

When it comes to trash can technology, there's little doubt the United Kingdom is on top, what with the bomb-proof and RFID-laden bins denizens have been subjected to for years . Still, the US has trialed traceable cans for some time now, and the city of Cleveland, Ohio's just decided to make them stick, shelling out $2.5 million last week for 150,000 households worth of electronically-accountable recycling. Unlike prior garbage tracing schemes, however, citizens won't be charged according to the raw weight of undesirables in their can, but rather tested to make sure at least 10 percent of the recycling bin's contents are actually recyclable -- else face a $100 fine. That may sound a little pricey, but let's face facts: if 91 percent of what you toss in your recycling bin is garbage, you're not exactly helping the planet
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Groupon Goes International, Buys Japanese and Russian Clones

When you’re the hot new web product on the block, you quickly find that imitation is the most irritating form of flattery. But startup Groupon has turned some lemons (namely, international clones in Russia and Japan) into the sweet lemonade of international expansion. Over the past few months, Groupon’s core feature set has been cloned and ripped off to no end by a significant number of companies in Silicon Valley; these startups are horning in on Groupon’s share of the U.S. market and, more importantly, U.S. advertising dollars.
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Spotify Gets a Chrome Extension [Music]

Cloud based music service Spotify announced a new Chrome extension for users to preview music in their browsers with. Users can highlight the name of an artist or group in their current web page and preview music by the artist using the Spotify extension. Unfortunately U.S. users are still in the dark since the Extension requires the Spotify application to be installed, which is still only available in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the United Kingdom, France, and Spain. (Click the image above for a closer look.) [ Spotify ] More
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Robots to invade Scottish hospital, pose as ‘workers’

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Vodafone UK details iPhone 4 plans a little early, we keep the screenshots

We don't know what shenanigans are going on over in Vodafone HQ, but the UK carrier gave the world a quick glimpse of its iPhone 4 pricing today, before promptly removing the data sheets from the ether. Thankfully, a fast-witted reader by the name of Liam Gladdy captured the incriminating data for us, and we can now sit and ruminate on what Voda has in store. As you might surmise from above, the vast majority of users won't be getting the handset for free, though that doesn't necessarily preclude the contracts from representing good value. We note with glee that Vodafone keeps its data limit at a robust 1GB, unlike a certain other network , and the
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Samsung Galaxy S taking UK pre-orders, Vodafone promises June 15 delivery

Were you looking forward to purchasing a 16GB smartphone with unique screen technology and an app-centric OS this month? Great, because the Galaxy S pre-order has now gone live in the UK, offering a delivery only four days away from now and prices that are pretty much par for the superphone course. If you want the Super AMOLED machine for free, minimum monthly cost will be steep, starting out at
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iPhone 4 coming to Three UK, pre-orders starting June 15

And just like that, the UK has turned into a veritable treasure trove of carrier choice . Three has just announced that it too will be carrying Apple's latest iPhone starting from June 24, expanding on the options to be provided by O2, Orange, Vodafone and, most recently, T-Mobile. That's now the complete set of five UK networks all ready to take your name and credit card number on launch day, while Three is also the first to announce its pre-order start date -- which it places at June 15, the same time that Americans will be able to pre-order . Three's strategy in the UK has usually been to undercut the big dogs with alluring pricing, so next week should be a very interesting time for British iPhone lovers indeed. [Thanks, Yusuf] iPhone 4 coming to Three UK, pre-orders starting June 15 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:06:00 EDT.
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World’s Biggest Supercomputing Superpowers [INFOGRAPHIC]

Which country has the most powerful supercomputers? If you trust the annual top 500 list, recently published at the International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany, it’s the U.S., followed by China, Germany, United Kingdom and France. The list is voluntary and thus doesn’t include classified supercomputers owned by governments, which means that the real list can be quite different, depending on your favorite conspiracy theory. The fastest supercomputer in the world is Cray’s Jaguar, and it’s located at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility.
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How Social Media is Changing Government Agencies

A former local newspaper reporter, Tanveer is a student at the Medill School of Journalism learning all things digital and entrepreneurial. He also writes about political figures for WhoRunsGov.com and hopes to own the high score on multiple Ms. Pac-Man machines one day. While many government agencies still tend to employ the “broadcast” model when using social media, some are engaging through hashtags, community building initiatives, and geo-location analysis. These efforts are helping to better inform the public and alert them to public safety emergencies in real-time
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Poynt, A Free And Best App On Blackberry To Locate People And Places Near You

Poynt is a FREE and great app to find people, businesses, hospitals, fuel stations, train stations, banks, movie theaters, retailers, restaurants and famous places near you. Poynt will pinpoint you using GPS or cell-site locations and quickly delivers the information you need whenever and wherever you need it. It is supported in every model of Blackberry and you can freely use it if you are in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, or in United States. You can find phone numbers and connect with one click, browse websites and map directions. You can book a movie ticket and dinner reservations and add it to your calendar and invite your friends and family
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